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Confirmation Email AB FAQ Permalink

When you sign up (Answerbag User Guide - Sign Up Page), you should receive a "confirmation email" similar to the following from the Answerbag Admin (). This will come with a subject of "Answerbag registration, please click to confirm".:

Thank you for signing up with Answerbag! We've awarded you 25 points on the site just for signing up!

To ask a question, click here:
http://www.answerbag.com/ask New Window

IMPORTANT: To comment on or rate answers on the site, confirm your account by clicking here:
http://www.answerbag.com/user/confirm/[individual confirmation codes]

If you cannot click on the link, please copy and paste it into your web browser's address bar.

Latest Q&A
http://www.answerbag.com/c_view/1_new New Window

Needs answers
http://www.answerbag.com/c_view/1_new/unanswered New Window

For your reference, here is your account information:
Email : <your Answerbag email address> [also your Sign-In email address]
Nickname : Your entered nickname

You do not need to reply to this email.

http://www.answerbag.com New Window

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[Source: A confirmation email.
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Account Verified Email AB FAQ Permalink

Once you click the confirmation link in the email above, you should receive an "account verified email" similar to the following from the Answerbag Admin (). This will come with a subject of "Answerbag - Account Verified!".

Thank you for verifying your account. You can now contribute anywhere on the site!  Please feel free to look around and find a topic you're interested in!

Be sure to check out:

Ask a question:
http://www.answerbag.com/ask New Window

Our latest questions!
http://www.answerbag.com/c_view/1_new New Window

All Q&A categories:
http://www.answerbag.com/c_view/1 New Window

http://www.answerbag.com New Window

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[Source: An account verification email.
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Problems with Confirmation AB FAQ Permalink

Now and then some users have problems receiving their confirmation or verification email, and this means they cannot rate or comment on Answerbag. There are a couple of things you can try/do:

  1. If you have not received your confirmation email:
    1. Go to your Profile Page (click on your avatar or username)
    2. Scroll to the bottom of the page
    3. Click on the "Feedback" link
    4. In the comments box, explain that you have not received your Confirmation Email, and would like to have this corrected.
    5. Hit the Submit button
  2. If you have received your confirmation email:
    1. Go to your Profile Page (click on your avatar or username)
      1. Scroll to the bottom of the page
      2. Click on the "Feedback" link
      3. In the comments box, explain that you have not received your Confirmation Email, and would like to have this corrected.
      4. Hit the Submit button.
    2. Simply reply to the email (or send one from the email account you used to sign into Answerbag to the Answerbag Admin ())
      1. Explain that you have not been able to get your confirmation link to work correctly.

In either case, you may receive an email telling you it's fixed and you can now comment/rate, or you may receive a(nother) confirmation email (see above).

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